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9780809298846

Fine Line : Creating the Quilting Design

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  • ISBN13:

    9780809298846

  • ISBN10:

    0809298848

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-10-16
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill

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Summary

The first and only book completely devoted to designing the quilting stitch A quilt becomes a quilt only when its layers--top, batting, and backing--are stitched together. Unfortunately, comprehensive instruction in this key area has been sadly lacking, leaving many unfinished heirlooms relegated to a dusty closet shelf. A Fine Line is the first full-length source for expert guidance on putting it all together with confidence and creativity. Step by step, both hand and machine quilters will learn how to find inspiration for designs, choosing a quilting design that is both achievable according to skill level and appropriate in style to the quilt top in question. They will learn to implement the principles of design as they apply to the quilting stitch, and execute the design--choose materials, mark the quilt top, and make the stitches. Special features include: "Let's Play Quilt" section shows multiple ways of quilting the same top to achieve different effects Stunning color photographs by an award-winning nature photographer provide inspiration Visual examples--quilts, stitched fabrics, and sketches-illustrate each step in the process Complete chapter on finishing features techniques routinely neglected elsewhere

Author Biography

A lifelong fascination with fabric and color led Melody Crust to a career in quilt making. An award-winning quilter, she has exhibited her quilts in major national shows. She has also juried and curated regional and national exhibitions. A seasoned teacher, she has led workshops on all aspects of quilt making for beginning and advanced quilters alike. Melody quilts as comfortably by hand as by machine, and her classes on creating the quilting design have encouraged hundreds of quilters to quilt their unfinished tops. Melody's quilts and writing have been featured in books as well as in several specialty magazines, including Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, Art/Quilt Magazine, Patchwork Quilts, and Fiber Arts International. Melody and her husband, photographer Charles Crust, live in Kent, Washington.

Creativity and mastery of technique have been the foundation for Heather Waldron Tewell's success as a quilt artist. Her quilts have been juried into such prestigious shows as Quilt National 2001 (Athens, Ohio) and VISIONS (San Diego, California) and have won national awards. Heather has taught workshops in hand quilting and appliqué throughout western Washington and in British Columbia and has developed a unique class to help students understand how to apply principles of art to their hand- or machine- quilting designs. Heather's articles on quilt-making topics have appeared in Art/Quilt Magazine, American Quilter, Quilter's Newsletter, Quilt World, and Lady's Circle Patchwork Quilts. Her quilts have been featured in several books. Heather lives with her family in Anacortes, Washington.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Beginning
1(8)
Creating the Quilting
2(1)
Comparing Hand and Machine Quilting
2(1)
Training the Eye to See Quilting Designs
3(2)
Sources of Inspiration
5(2)
In Review
7(2)
Goals of the Quilting
9(20)
Preliminaries
10(1)
A Question of Style
11(5)
General Goals of the Quilting
16(8)
In Review
24(1)
Let's Play Quilt: American Pie
25(4)
Exploring a Simple Line
29(20)
Visibility
30(6)
Character
36(4)
Length
40(3)
Direction
43(1)
Scale
43(2)
In Review
45(1)
Let's Play Quilt: Lemonade
46(3)
Adding Shape to the Mix
49(14)
Simple Shapes
50(2)
Multiple Shapes
52(1)
Complex Shapes
53(1)
Shapes and Filler Patterns
53(2)
Proportion
55(1)
Placement
56(1)
Shapes by Hand or Machine
56(2)
In Review
58(1)
Let's Play Quilt: Wild Rose
59(4)
Planning the Design
63(30)
Highlighting the Quilting
64(1)
Possibilities for Design Placement
65(8)
Borders
73(3)
Evaluate the Quilt Top
76(8)
Repetition as a Design Tool
84(5)
Combination of Design Motifs
89(1)
In Review
89(1)
Let's Play Quilt: Red Hot
90(3)
Batting, Backing, and Thread
93(22)
Batting
94(7)
Backing
101(2)
Thread
103(7)
In Review
110(1)
Let's Play Quilt: Blue Jeans
111(4)
Marking and Basting
115(18)
Marking
116(2)
Ways to Approach Marking
118(1)
Techniques for Not Marking
119(4)
Basting
123(5)
Let's Play Quilt: Peppermint
128(5)
Bindings, Labels, and Sleeves
133(16)
Bindings
134(6)
Labels: Plain and Fancy
140(3)
Sleeves
143(1)
In Review
144(1)
Let's Play Quilt: Lollipop
145(4)
Bibliography 149

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